The Best Scallops On The Jersey Shore Can Be Found At These 7 Places

The Best Scallops On The Jersey Shore Can Be Found At These 7 Places.

Today is National Baked Scallop Day. Who has the freshest, tastiest scallops on the Jersey Shore? According to the locals, this list has some of the best.

I remember eating bay scallops for the first time when I was a kid. My Great Grandmother and my Aunt ordered Coquille Saint-Jacques at a seafood restaurant we were dining at for some family celebration. I may have been all of 8 or 9 at the time.

I recall the dish coming to the table all bubbling hot in a fancy white baking dish, complete with an elegant looking cloche. It looked so good, and to my child mind, very fancy schmancy.

I asked the ladies what it was, and they told me it was scallops in a creamy wine sauce topped with Gruyere cheese.  Boy did that ring my bell!

I was given a taste by my grandmother and I instantly had to know how it was made. That’s how my little foodie mind worked and still works to this day. I needed to know the components of the dish so I could possibly recreate it at home.

I could eat scallops every day. I especially love seared sea scallops with pasta or risotto.

I’ve been behind the stove since I could walk. I cooked my first real meal for my family at 7 years old. It was a steak dinner with all the trimmings. Baked potatoes with lots of butter, frozen Seabrook farms boil in the bag creamed spinach, and A1 steak sauce. Sorry, we didn't know anything about Peter Luger's all those years ago.

My grandmother gave me the money to buy all the food at the grocery store so I could serve my family their very first Robyn creation other than scrambled eggs.

Thanks to my mother, grandmothers, aunts, and assorted neighborhood grandmothers and aunts for giving me the love and guidance I needed to be confident in the kitchen.

Looking for scallops to cook at home? I have a few friends who swear by these guys. They've been around for well over 40 years! Fresh lobster, scallops and shrimp. Call first to make sure they'll be there. (732) 898-1472

First of all, the service in the fish market is first rate. You can sit and watch the boats come in with all the fresh seafood, then go into the market and have them wrap it up to take home. I've eaten in the restaurant as well. Everything is fantastic, especially the lobster rolls.

Some of the best scallops I've ever had came from this place. It's another seafood market- restaurant combo. According to their website:

With this place you can shop for surf & turf. A fresh seafood market and a meat market all in one. Eat in or takeout, your choice. Re-opens for the 2024 season on March 29th.

Not a seafood market, but a restaurant with fresh seafood dishes. I had the most beautiful dayboat scallops over mushroom risotto last summer. Get the Asian Fried Brussels Sprouts app.

I would describe this place as a casual setting with a dash of elegance. I don't eat here that often, but I have friends and listeners who do. Fresh seafood, delicious steaks & chops, fabulous cocktails and appetizers. Melanie from Manasquan advised me to get the scallops and/or the lobster gnocchi.
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The place has been around since 1917! I trust every that every dish put in front of me will be fresh and delicious. The chowders, bisques, and soups are some of the best in Monmouth County.  They have a simple broiled lemon butter scallop dish here that I absolutely love.